Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

Ernest Rutherford

b. 1871

New Zealand physicist and chemist (1871–1937)

Ernest Starling

b. 1866

British physiologist (1866–1927)

Ernest Stoneman

b. 1893

American singer-songwriter (1893–1968)

Ernest Swinton

b. 1868

British Army general, author (1868–1951)

Ernest Thayer

b. 1863

American writer and poet (1863–1940)

Ernest Thompson Seton

b. 1860

Canadian and American writer and artist (1860–1946)

Ernest Tidyman

American writer (1928–1984)

Ernest Tubb

American country singer (1914–1984)

Ernest Tyldesley

English cricketer

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist (1903–1995)

Ernest Webb

b. 1874

British athlete (1874–1937)

Ernest Wilberforce

British Anglican clergyman and bishop

Ernest William Christmas

Australian painter

Ernest, Duke of Austria

Duke of Austria

Ernest, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486

Ernest, Margrave of Austria

Margrave of Austria from 1055 to 1075

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

b. 1482

Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Founder of the Ernestine line of Baden

Ernesta Di Capua

b. 1875

Italian botanist (1875–1943)

Ernestina Herrera de Noble

b. 1925

Argentine publisher and executive (1925–2017)

Ernestine Anderson

b. 1928

American jazz and blues singer (1928–2016)

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

American author

Ernestine von Kirchsberg

b. 1857

Austrian landscape painter (1857–1924)

Ernesto Alonso

Mexican film producer (1917–2007)

Ernesto Aquino

b. 1975

Honduran footballer (born 1975)